STÖFFLER, Johannes (1452-1531)
10.12.2025 12:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1514503
Lot 73 | STÖFFLER, Johannes (1452-1531)
Estimate value
4000GBP £ 4 000 – 6 000
Elucidatio fabricae ususq[ue] astrolabii. Oppenheim: Jacobus Köbel, 1512-13.
First edition of one of the most comprehensive treatises on the astrolabe of its time, ending with a discussion of perspective and measurement. 'Stöffler recognized that, in mapping, computation of the distance between two places whose latitude and longitude were known failed to take into account the convergence of the meridians' (Stillwell). This work is printed at the first press at Oppenheim and is one of the rarest books from that press. The poem by Melanchthon on XIIv is probably the reformer's first appearance in print. Adams S-1886; Houzeau and Lancaster 3256; Stillwell, Science 892; USTC 649878; VD16 S-9191; Wellcome 6099.
Folio (274 x 204mm). Woodcut architectural title border, woodcut coat-of-arms of Georg Simler, woodcut printer's device at end, numerous woodcut illustrations and charts including 19 large diagrams, with 1 (only, of 4) extension slips to B3v, and 15 woodcuts illustrating measurement and perspective (lacking extensions slips to A6v, C4v and D3, a couple of ink spots to M1v and M2r obscuring a couple of letters, occasional variable light spotting and toning). Old vellum, gilt spine label (a fraction of worming to gutter and endpapers, extremities faintly rubbed and soiled).
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
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| Auction house category: | Books and manuscripts, Printed books |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
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| Auction house category: | Books and manuscripts, Printed books |
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